Ruth 4:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

Then he got ten of the responsible men of the town, and said, Be seated here. And they took their seats.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:8

So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority with Naboth.

Exodus 21:8

If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is a man of note in the public place, when he takes his seat among the responsible men of the land.

Lamentations 5:14

The old men are no longer seated in the doorway, and the music of the young men has come to an end.

Acts 6:12

And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,

Deuteronomy 25:7

But if the man says he will not take his brother's wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband's brother will not keep his brother's name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband's brother to do.

Deuteronomy 29:10

You have come here today, all of you, before the Lord your God; the heads of your tribes, the overseers, and those who are in authority over you, with all the men of Israel,

Deuteronomy 31:28

Get together before me all those who are in authority in your tribes, and your overseers, so that I may say these things in their hearing, and make heaven and earth my witnesses against them.